Combination Drug Appears
Promising for Heart Diseases

By

Ron Winslow Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 15, 2000 1:41 a.m. ET

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A pill that combines the vitamin niacin with a popular cholesterol-lowering drug could become a potent weapon in the battle against heart disease, preliminary results of a new study show.

Researchers said the pill, being developed by Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc., Miami, produced significant beneficial effects on all three components of cholesterol -- one of the most important measures of a person's risk of a heart...